California Earthquake

California Earthquake, Less than six hours after an earthquake measuring 5.8 on East Coast Virginia had citizens in panic mode and the media buzzing, California earthquake measuring a magnitude of 3.6 rolled through the Bay of San Francisco getting much less attention.

According to the U.S. Geological Survey, the quake occurred at 11:36 pm on Tuesday, which seemed to be centered on the Hayward Fault – located about ten miles south of Oakland. Approximately five minutes later, an earthquake measuring 2.3 followed lower.

At 8:30 am on Wednesday, the USGS Did You Feel It? Map had received hundreds of responses to its request for reports that night felt the quake. Most respondents said they felt a jolt, which lasted about two seconds.

Doug Sovern, a reporter for KCBS 740 AM, described the earthquake in the Bay Area in a Twitter post saying: